basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description(ofPenicillus Kumar & Hameed, 1993) Kumar, K.A. & M.S. Hameed. (1993). A new genus of the family Pennellidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on elasmobranchs in the southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 35(1-2):198-200. [details]